An ambulance operations manager allegedly used money taken without permission from his ambulance company's budget to buy items for business and personal use.

Scott Topping, 33, of Tobyhanna, was released on unsecured bail after using ambulance budget money to open an account at Lowe's in Mount Pocono and buying more than $6,000 worth of items there, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said.

Topping, who allegedly opened the Lowe's account in July, will appear in district court at a future date.